Auckland University Press: 301 books
Changing Gears
How to Take Your Kiwi Business From the Kitchen Table to the Board Room
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Rooted in the success stories of real companies, this guide presents a concise outline of the key business principles behind generating growth, profitability, and market penetration. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and exercises, this accessible handbook provides answers to the most critical...
by Fay Hercock
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
In the course of his political career Gordon Coates (1878–1943) experienced the extremes of popular adulation and contempt. Handsome, young and debonair, with the common touch, he was a successful minister in the early 1920s and seemed full of promise when he became Prime Minister in 1925 on the...
World Famous in New Zealand
How New Zealand's Leading Firms Became World Class Competitors
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
How can NZ firms in a small economy at the edge of the world make it on the international stage? This pioneering study answers these questions based on close study of 10 world class NZ companies. By a respected team of researchers.
Helen Clark
Inside Stories
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
New Zealand's first elected woman prime minister; nine years in power through Afghanistan and Iraq, the "Corngate" and "Paintergate" affairs, the foreshore and seabed turmoil; head of the UN Development Program and ranked among the most powerful women in the world. Helen Clark's...
Sport and the New Zealanders
A History
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2018
A history of New Zealanders and the sports that we have made our own, from the Maori world to today's professional athletes.‘. . . those two mighty products of the land, the Canterbury lamb and the All Blacks, have made New Zealand what she is in spite of politicians' claims to the contrary', wrote...
Kiwi Keith
A Biography of Keith Holyoake
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
The definitive life story of New Zealand Prime Minister Kiwi” Keith Holyoake is revealed in this deftly composed exploration of how one man was able to weather complex changes in society to stay in power for more than 11 years. Through his leadership in the 1960s to his position as Governor General...
Voters' Veto
The 2002 Election in New Zealand and the Consolidation of Minority Government
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Tracking New Zealand's transition from the first-past-the-postelectoral system, as used in Britain, to the mixed-member-proportional system, as used in Germany, this analysis examines New Zealand's pivotal 2002 election through a campaign study, a postelection study, and a midelection panel. Based...
Being Maori Chinese
Mixed Identities
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Presenting the stories behind several generations of seven Maori-Chinese families whose voices have seldom been heard before, this account casts a fascinating light on the historical and contemporary relations between Maori and Chinese in New Zealand. The two groups first came into contact in the...
Voters' Vengeance
1990 Election in New Zealand and the Fate of the Fourth Labour Government
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The 1990 election in New Zealand produced the biggest landslide in 50 years, and Voters' Vengeance uses comprehensive survey research to explore why New Zealand voters reacted in this way. The answers to over 2000 questionnaires allow the sophisticated analysis of voter behavior. The authors discuss...
Towards Consensus?
The 1993 Election and Referendum in NZ
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Based on a nationwide survey of voters, this is a study of the historic 1993 New Zealand general election and referendum. It seeks to explain why New Zealanders made the choices they did - an extremely narrow majority for the National Party and a decision to shift to MMP representation.
Proportional Representation on Trial
New Zealand's Second MMP Election and After
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Tracing the transition of a democracy as it moves in between electoral systems, this book details the current and past public opinion surrounding New Zealand's 1999 election. As a result of the second election under the Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) system, New Zealand elected a change in government,...
At the Margin of Empire
John Webster and Hokianga, 1841–1900
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
In telling the story of John Webster's long and colorful life for the first time, this biography also explores the wider transformation of relationships between Maori and Pakeha during the 19th century. In this remarkable biography, Jennifer Ashton uses the life of one man as a unique lens through which to view the early history of New Zealand.
A Civilized Community
A History of Social Security in New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1998
A history of social security in New Zealand.
The Mother of All Departments
The History of the Department of Internal Affairs
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Brings to life the history of the most important agency of government in New Zealand for much of the last century. It traces the evolution of the Department of Internal Affairs from its genesis as the Colonial Secretary's Office in 1840, providing an overview of the development and expansion of government in New Zealand.